1st Jerky

[miller51]

Spotted a sale on some eye of round and had been wanting to give jerky a try.

Used a simple marinade/cure with:
Teriyaki
Soy sauce
Worcestershire sauce
Granulated garlic
Granulated onion
Red pepper flakes
Brown sugar
Cure #1

Marinated for 2 days, then layed out on wire racks in the fridge overnight.

Smoker only goes down to 180*, ran about 2.5-3hrs and came out pretty good. Everyone that tried it wanted more, I will probably cut back on the Teriyaki next time and increase the seasonings including the pepper, just a personal preference but will definitely be doing again!

 

[chopsaw]

First time ??? Looks like an old pro made that . Nice work .
Thanks for posting .

 

[Fueling Around]

Nice. Encourage your friends to buy meat so you can try a few more rounds.
I found an eye in the freezer. Not sure my plans when I bought it.

 

[mneeley490]

Looks good from here!

 

[Steve H]

Looks pretty darn good to me!

 

[hooked on smoke]

Nice looking jerky right there. First time. Good job.

 

[Winterrider]

Looks like you've been doing it for years. Good job . . .

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looks great! Love jerky!

Ryan

 

[jcam222]

Looks fantastic! I love jerky

 

[in. pred]

looks awesome! nice work. for some reason you can never make enough good jerky. lol

 

[Zazata]

Spotted a sale on some eye of round and had been wanting to give jerky a try.

Used a simple marinade/cure with:
Teriyaki
Soy sauce
Worcestershire sauce
Granulated garlic
Granulated onion
Red pepper flakes
Brown sugar
Cure #1

Marinated for 2 days, then layed out on wire racks in the fridge overnight.

Smoker only goes down to 180*, ran about 2.5-3hrs and came out pretty good. Everyone that tried it wanted more, I will probably cut back on the Teriyaki next time and increase the seasonings including the pepper, just a personal preference but will definitely be doing again!View attachment 735073View attachment 735074View attachment 735075View attachment 735076

It turned out really delicious—thanks!

 

[Elf@shore]

It turned out really delicious—thanks!

Sounds really good!
Try adding orange juice to the marinade, it cuts down the strong Teriyaki flavor.
We did this at a restaurant with steak.

 

[miller51]

It turned out really delicious—thanks!

Glad it worked out, I recently made a batch with about half the Teriyaki and doubled the soy a d think it came out better but if you're a Teriyaki person it's a great simple recipe

 

[slow_cure]

Looks like a great first run. Two things you quietly got right that a lot of first-timers miss: cure #1 in the marinade, and running at 180. That smoker temp means the meat actually passes the USDA kill step (160F internal for beef) during the cook, which is the part dehydrator-only folks have to add back with an oven finish. So your setup is belt and suspenders already.

Agree on dialing back the teriyaki, the sugar in it also softens the final texture a bit. Eye of round on sale is exactly the right buy for this.

 

[sandyut]

Looks great to me, especially for a first try. If you need someone to QC it for ya, Im your guy.